I just turned 75 and quit farming 25 years ago after my wife passed. I was just commenting the other day, I would give anything to be sitting in an open tractor plowing and smelling the fresh plowed ground in the spring. The simple pleasures most people never get to enjoy. I was blessed, even in times of discouragement, to be able to enjoy farm life growing up and as an adult. I miss it to this day. I do, once in a while, get to help my daughter and son in law do a little something, but it is quite a commute a thousand miles away. Sadly, a rare occasion.
I'm 62 and for forty years have been in corporate, suit and tie but I grew up around farming/ranching and I did lots of plowing. We used, what I thought was old wore out equipment at the time. We had a 1949 M Farmall, 1956 Ferguson 35 and later added a 1968 JD 3020. What I remember the most is the smell of fresh plowed ground and and the charge I got out of being 10 years old and not being old enough to drive a car but old enough to run a piece of equipment that could make all that change happen. At 16, my dad counted on me to go out to the farm by myself with a tool kit and get'er done. That's why I love watching these tractor videos. I learned lots of skills that I use everyday in big corporate but I still like going back to our old farm a few times a year and cranking up those old tractors, yep, we still got'm and they still run and I still like to drive them.
It sure needed plowed for sure. I can’t believe all the tree roots that’s got to be a bigger. Thanks for your time videoing and sharing it. Love to hear the 310 work!!
Brought back a lot of fond memories of plowing in my younger years. Liked how you gave us different camera angles. Loved the sound of the tractor, the sight of the earth being turned, and could smell the fresh turned earth in my mind. Great video. Really enjoy watching what you do and your commentary on what you're doing.
Plowing has always been my favorite. My dad would quit so he could go to bed for work and I would keep going. When I got too close to my grandma's house late at night she would flash the lights in the kitchen and I knew I woke her up and it was time to quit.
When you get done with your posing, go and get a gallon of Plow Cout for those movboars to keep them from rusting. I used to use it on all my equipment to hold down the rust. I liked to plow, learned with 1944 A and 2/14 in the middle 50's. Finished up with 65 4020 turbo(140 hp) and 5/16 1990. Like your videos!
There is satisfaction when a field is plowed and complete. The 1955 sounds great and you did a great job of setting that up. Thank you for taking us along!
Ethan it looks like you got that plow setup just the way it needs to work. Those darn routes sure make it a hassle the weights on the front end of the tractor sure helped. I enjoyed watching the dirt get rolled over when I was a kid I like watching that. Thanks Michael
Oliver Is Doing A Great Job. Never Seen None Down Here In Southwest Georgia. We Started Out With International Then Dealer Closed Down Went To Massey Ferguson Then That Dealerships Closed And Using Case IH. We Bottom Plow All Our Peanut Ground Every Year 😊
Turn that dirt young man, I can smell it now…lol. Used to be one of my favorite jobs, keep crushin it OFB and stay safe, like the little Aussie, quite the companion for Teeter🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Did a nice job with the adjustments and extra weight. Made the old girl grunt a little when you hit the clay knobs. Summer plowing can be a challenge to even keep the plow in the ground at times.
Great video, funny how the differences in soil in such a small area. Here in my area you go from clay knobs to sandy loam real quick. Looked the sky many times breaking ground, hydraulic reset is the way to go. My plow has an accumulator reservoir. Thanks for taking the time to post…
I love hearing her talk, That ground did plow hard. But it did work up nicely. It seems that the rear bottom is set lighter then the 4 in front of it? I have never been around that type of reset. Whenever there was one on a sale here like that nobody wanted it n most probably went to scrap... As always great video thanks for sharing!
Hey Eathan sure got that plow dialed in. My father bought a blow sand farm here in Iowa plowed under sweet clover and other cover crops for years and ended up with loamy sand not blow sand long story short ended up one of the best farms in the county. Keep turning that organic matter under will help your sand and clay soil. Your viewer from Iowa.
O K your plow doing pretty good job; however, if you were going to plow a lot of acres should determine the "line of draft" and make tractor to fit the plow. You can GOOGLE "line of draft" to see how to measure the plow and to set up the plow hitch pull point. When set up properly the tractor will track in a straight line. To test your set up let loose of the wheel if front end pulls to the right or left your line of draft is not correct your tractor is fighting the plow. I spent 28 years with a major world wide farm equipment company instructing dealers and distributors on plow set up plus may other subject matters. Two other aspects I did not mention which are plow level front to back and from side to side. The set up is the same if in furrow or on land. Hope this helps.
Was just at a tractor pull last night the next county over. Had a 990GM, an 1850D, and an 1855D. I was really excited to hear some 310T sound and then the driver proceeded to disappoint massively by having a very big muffler on top of a Cummins conversion.
Did you think of the next time you need to change the hitch, maybe using some drift pins to align the holes? When I worked in the steel mill working structural steel, we would use drift pins to align the holes in the steel connections. Just a thought. Always enjoy your videos on working on the equipment. Thanks
@@Oliver66FarmBoy Started out pull it with a 2-150 then a 2-155. Last time I used it we pulled it with a 185 FWA. I loved plowing as a kid with an 1800 with 5-16 cushion trip. I don't remember the model number. Moldboard plowing is pretty much a lost art. You do a nice job.
Advice from the old plow guys: Paint your Shares with grease before storing. When you.go back to plowing they will Scour much better when they arent rusty.
I always buy a can of cheap red oxide primer, I spray my mold boards and shares with it, it stops them from rusting and it comes off with the first pass. Grease will wash off pretty quick. The primer will stay from one plow season to the next!
We used the anti wheely bar when plowing the clay hills south of mishawaka. They also worked by pushing the front of the plow in the ground stopping the tractor as well. I didn’t like the looks of them.
As dry as it is around here, if the plow did go in the ground, it would be stuck there until it rained again. Mostly clay and what my grandpa called black gumbo around here. Ground is so hard right now plowing is out of the question.
You have got a broken weld to your right from where you're working on that first beam that welld's cracked and it's broken away from the mainframe Let me know if I was right?
@@Oliver66FarmBoy I have a small diesel and I've noticed a decrease in power and I have been getting diesel fuel in my motor oil and I was just trying to see if anyone else is having similar problems 🤣 I should have been more clear my bad🤣
Hey I'm just a dairy farmer but never been around Oliver tractors just out of curiosity how much difference is there really between the 55 and the t I'm just curious the only dealers we ever had around our farms is case inter. and Deere could you do a side by side comparison maybe in the future if not I understand it's time consuming thanks
'Nothing like the smell of a newly ploughed field (in the morning)'
For sure.
Smells like a victory garden 😅
Diesel and freshly plowed field and that beautiful sounding engine
@@Oliver66FarmBoyu
I just turned 75 and quit farming 25 years ago after my wife passed. I was just commenting the other day, I would give anything to be sitting in an open tractor plowing and smelling the fresh plowed ground in the spring. The simple pleasures most people never get to enjoy. I was blessed, even in times of discouragement, to be able to enjoy farm life growing up and as an adult. I miss it to this day. I do, once in a while, get to help my daughter and son in law do a little something, but it is quite a commute a thousand miles away. Sadly, a rare occasion.
I'm 62 and for forty years have been in corporate, suit and tie but I grew up around farming/ranching and I did lots of plowing. We used, what I thought was old wore out equipment at the time. We had a 1949 M Farmall, 1956 Ferguson 35 and later added a 1968 JD 3020. What I remember the most is the smell of fresh plowed ground and and the charge I got out of being 10 years old and not being old enough to drive a car but old enough to run a piece of equipment that could make all that change happen. At 16, my dad counted on me to go out to the farm by myself with a tool kit and get'er done. That's why I love watching these tractor videos. I learned lots of skills that I use everyday in big corporate but I still like going back to our old farm a few times a year and cranking up those old tractors, yep, we still got'm and they still run and I still like to drive them.
Nice job looks good
It sure needed plowed for sure. I can’t believe all the tree roots that’s got to be a bigger. Thanks for your time videoing and sharing it. Love to hear the 310 work!!
The hydraulic reset came in handy on that one.
You do a great setup for your plows most always good cover of trash!Some stuff is hard to bury plowing was always my favorite thing to do.
It’s my favorite thing to.
Field turned out nice Turned some big roots up Good job.
Much better with the weight up front. You do a good job setting your plows up. Thanks for the ride along Ethan. Take care. Fred.
Thanks.
I love plowing. I could smell the dirt from here,lol. Some of those roots were tough. Turned out real nice though. See you soon.
There weren’t as many as I figured there would be. I must have done a better job digging them all out than I thought.
loved watching you plow so satisfying! i used to sell plough parts for ransomes dowdeswell overum knvernland and kuhn!
Brought back a lot of fond memories of plowing in my younger years. Liked how you gave us different camera angles. Loved the sound of the tractor, the sight of the earth being turned, and could smell the fresh turned earth in my mind. Great video. Really enjoy watching what you do and your commentary on what you're doing.
For some reason summer plowing doesn’t give the same smell as spring or fall plowing. It’s a little disappointing
Can't beat the way an oliver plow works nothing but the best plowes made
Yep
i personally prefer the hydraulic reset . gentler firmer operation imo. enjoyed the video to the end 👍👍👍👍
Good job 👍
Plowing has always been my favorite. My dad would quit so he could go to bed for work and I would keep going. When I got too close to my grandma's house late at night she would flash the lights in the kitchen and I knew I woke her up and it was time to quit.
When I was young I plowed with a 550 and three twelves, incredible fun!!
When you get done with your posing, go and get a gallon of Plow Cout for those movboars to keep them from rusting. I used to use it on all my equipment to hold down the rust. I liked to plow, learned with 1944 A and 2/14 in the middle 50's. Finished up with 65 4020 turbo(140 hp) and 5/16 1990. Like your videos!
Lilly is a good looking dog. Great camera angles. Putting the camera at the back so a guy can see it work was cool
Thanks
Really looks nice. Hard ground. Now when it rains that water will soak in good all winter and be stored up for next season.
There is satisfaction when a field is plowed and complete. The 1955 sounds great and you did a great job of setting that up. Thank you for taking us along!
For sure.
Ethan it looks like you got that plow setup just the way it needs to work. Those darn routes sure make it a hassle the weights on the front end of the tractor sure helped. I enjoyed watching the dirt get rolled over when I was a kid I like watching that. Thanks Michael
Thanks
@@Oliver66FarmBoytt5t6
That would be a great place to look for arrowheads after a rain. Sweet plowing.
Plowing is a lost ART! Great video
Thanks
Oliver Is Doing A Great Job. Never Seen None Down Here In Southwest Georgia. We Started Out With International Then Dealer Closed Down Went To Massey Ferguson Then That Dealerships Closed And Using Case IH. We Bottom Plow All Our Peanut Ground Every Year 😊
That plow is doing a beautiful job
Shes still got her snort. Great video.
Turn that dirt young man, I can smell it now…lol. Used to be one of my favorite jobs, keep crushin it OFB and stay safe, like the little Aussie, quite the companion for Teeter🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
It’s my favorite to.
Great job as always man. The shots from on board the plow looking forward was great. And the results speak for themselves.
Hard to call it work when it's so damn fun! Good video, enjoyed it.
Thanks.
Did a nice job with the adjustments and extra weight. Made the old girl grunt a little when you hit the clay knobs. Summer plowing can be a challenge to even keep the plow in the ground at times.
40 year old pasture doesn’t help any.
From The Looks Of Things You Need To Bottom Plow This A Couple Of Years In A Row....😊😊
Great video, funny how the differences in soil in such a small area. Here in my area you go from clay knobs to sandy loam real quick. Looked the sky many times breaking ground, hydraulic reset is the way to go. My plow has an accumulator reservoir. Thanks for taking the time to post…
Ethan if you want to pull a red plow the IH 720 is a spring reset and it’s a easy pulling plow we got one and it works like a dream
I love hearing her talk, That ground did plow hard. But it did work up nicely. It seems that the rear bottom is set lighter then the 4 in front of it? I have never been around that type of reset. Whenever there was one on a sale here like that nobody wanted it n most probably went to scrap... As always great video thanks for sharing!
Looking good buddy be safe out there your buddy from Nebraska
Thanks.
Hey Eathan sure got that plow dialed in. My father bought a blow sand farm here in Iowa plowed under sweet clover and other cover crops for years and ended up with loamy sand not blow sand long story short ended up one of the best farms in the county. Keep turning that organic matter under will help your sand and clay soil. Your viewer from Iowa.
Green plow down helps a lot.
O K your plow doing pretty good job; however, if you were going to plow a lot of acres should determine the "line of draft" and make tractor to fit the plow. You can GOOGLE "line of draft"
to see how to measure the plow and to set up the plow hitch pull point. When set up properly the tractor will track in a straight line. To test your set up let loose of the wheel if front end pulls to the right or left your line of draft is not correct your tractor is fighting the plow. I spent 28 years with a major world wide farm equipment company instructing dealers and distributors
on plow set up plus may other subject matters. Two other aspects I did not mention which are plow level front to back and from side to side. The set up is the same if in furrow or on land. Hope this helps.
I’m well aware of how to set up a plow.
Plow is definitely setup correctly. Plowed up nice except for the darn roots!!
It was like being a mine sweeper.
Thanks for another great video.
Thanks for watching
from this angle of the arm chair supervisor. I have to say that you did a fine job of turning the ground over
Thanks.
I love plowing so much that I had to watch this one again, lol.
Nice smooth job Farm Boy!
Thanks
Wow, that was some tough ground!
Love this rig.
Nice even job!!
Field looks good Ethan
Reruns better than nothing thank Ethan
Was just at a tractor pull last night the next county over. Had a 990GM, an 1850D, and an 1855D. I was really excited to hear some 310T sound and then the driver proceeded to disappoint massively by having a very big muffler on top of a Cummins conversion.
Most pullers are anymore
I have a 575 I pull behind my 4020 I really like it
That ground sure looks good
Thanks
Great soil there
that tractor showed no remorse ploughing defo needed decompacting looks good
Did you think of the next time you need to change the hitch, maybe using some drift pins to align the holes? When I worked in the steel mill working structural steel, we would use drift pins to align the holes in the steel connections. Just a thought. Always enjoy your videos on working on the equipment. Thanks
You're giving me the bug to go pull our 6-18 out of the weeds and trees. Great instructions kiddo!
That’s a lot of plow
@@Oliver66FarmBoy Started out pull it with a 2-150 then a 2-155. Last time I used it we pulled it with a 185 FWA. I loved plowing as a kid with an 1800 with 5-16 cushion trip. I don't remember the model number. Moldboard plowing is pretty much a lost art. You do a nice job.
Advice from the old plow guys: Paint your Shares with grease before storing. When you.go back to plowing they will Scour much better when they arent rusty.
I’m aware.
I always buy a can of cheap red oxide primer, I spray my mold boards and shares with it, it stops them from rusting and it comes off with the first pass. Grease will wash off pretty quick. The primer will stay from one plow season to the next!
We used the anti wheely bar when plowing the clay hills south of mishawaka. They also worked by pushing the front of the plow in the ground stopping the tractor as well. I didn’t like the looks of them.
They seem like they are unhandy.
I think you did yourself a favor with that ground. It was pretty compact and hard. It can’t do anything but make it better.
Definitely did it some good.
Maybe they burned stumps or brush there when they put the powerline through..
I would love to see the 4-150 with a plow behind it
Good job plowing.. I suck at it
Awesome
As dry as it is around here, if the plow did go in the ground, it would be stuck there until it rained again. Mostly clay and what my grandpa called black gumbo around here. Ground is so hard right now plowing is out of the question.
Probably could have used a little more moisture here to make it plow better. But it worked better than this time last year.
Getting practice in for the tractor pulls
Have you seen Stanley ? This is new, i've never rode on the plow before. I've always been on the tractor.
Good call to roll it over.
Thanks
I’m looking at a 1750 and it has fuel tank fenders and it has under 10000 hours on it and it’s was the 22 1750 built
Hate to see all that expensive equipment sitting outside and constantly exposed to the weather.
Build me a barn.
I have a five bottom spring rest min moe plow I might want to get rid of if that is something you might be interested in
Do you also fill the fuel tank fenders on that old beast?
I did the same thing hooking a tree root. What gear do you plow in? With my 1955 and my old 4 bottom I was in 3rd some spots and 2nd in tougher spots.
Dang.Busting up that field is a little hard.
Harder than I thought it would be.
You have got a broken weld to your right from where you're working on that first beam that welld's cracked and it's broken away from the mainframe Let me know if I was right?
Hello explain to me why you plow your wheat field instead of just running a set of spikes over your field?
The USDA has been leaning towards non-aggressive soil management
Because the government is always right?
@Oliver66FarmBoy Exactly, Ethan you are doing a good job, Ignore the gooberment know-it-alls.
If you are leaving the plows, discs and such you should grease the surfaces
I know
Can you find a 546 spring reset in your area it would match the 1955? It crumbled up real nice moisture was good
They aren’t common
I would never call you lazy! It's easy to call someone lazy when you're sittin on your ass watchin a video.
You’ll have that on RUclips
Will you be at the Mid Michigan old gas tractor show in Oakley Mi. this month?
No
Put a little slickum on that draw bar
It doesn’t make any difference
Was this the field that you cleared the central overgrown hedge and fence remains? Looks good after ploughing .
Yea
If you don't mind me asking did you get diesel in your motor oil injection pump seals are bad
I have no idea how to decipher you’re question from that.
@@Oliver66FarmBoy I have a small diesel and I've noticed a decrease in power and I have been getting diesel fuel in my motor oil and I was just trying to see if anyone else is having similar problems 🤣 I should have been more clear my bad🤣
So is the injection pump better now ? Field looks good
Seems to be.
I'm guessing ur too far north to no-till beans in the wheat stubble? Common practice here in Ky.
No
What’s the percent calcium in the base saturation for that field? And parts per million?
Why do you need to know?
Hey I'm just a dairy farmer but never been around Oliver tractors just out of curiosity how much difference is there really between the 55 and the t I'm just curious the only dealers we ever had around our farms is case inter. and Deere could you do a side by side comparison maybe in the future if not I understand it's time consuming thanks
Everything but the engine and power shift.
Ok thanks just was curious
How far are you willing to travel to get a white 508 plow. There is one for sale in Ontario Canada
Probably not that far.
Where do you order your plow wear parts from? Shoup? AGCO?
Auctions.
Check your tire pressure.
It’s fine…
Looks like you just need more weight. Old girl has plenty of horses!!!!
Yep
How deep do you plow?
However deep the situation calls for.
I'm mad at u u need to get your 3 link hook up if u pictures of it I can u pictures of what I'm talking about .
No
4020
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